Sep 29, 2022 | News
Freedom Now strongly condemns the sentencing of labor rights activist Erzhan Elshibayev on September 29 to an additional seven years in prison for allegedly disobeying prison authorities. We call on all charges against Elshibayev to be dropped and for him to be...
Sep 15, 2022 | News
Freedom Now strongly condemns the detention of lawyer Elchin Sadigov and journalist Avaz Zeynalli. On September 11, 2022 an Azerbaijani court ordered the detention of the two men for four months pending an investigation into allegations of bribery. We urge the...
Sep 13, 2022 | News
Despite a UN decision in his favor, the Kazakh government has yet to provide human rights activist Alnur Ilyashev with any form of remedy after a court unjustly sentenced him to three years of restricted movement, 300 hours of forced labor, and a five-year ban on...
Sep 6, 2022 | News
The Taliban’s conquest of Afghanistan has been a chaotic affair, yet a year later one constant remains – intolerance for women’s rights. Afghan women have repeatedly faced resistance from the Taliban as they organized peaceful protests to reclaim their rights to...
Aug 29, 2022 | News
We, the undersigned NGOs, call on the international community to press Saudi Arabian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release women’s rights activist and academic Salma al-Shehab, who was recently sentenced to 34 years in prison based on tweets in...
